LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 22: A bomb exploded near the Tajazai area, close to an army base camp set up in the District Headquarters Hospital, here on Tuesday. However, there was no loss of life or damage to property.

“It seems that the device planted along a road near the Tajazai graveyard was set off by remote-control,” said the district police officer of Lakki Marwat.

He said a military convoy had passed through the area two or three minutes before the explosion. Security personnel closed the Lakki-Tajazai road connecting the town with Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan districts after the blast.

The police officer said law-enforcement personnel conducted raids at several places in Tajazai and searched the area for suspects.